Hilgers Graben PLLC
Thomas Swanson is an experienced legal professional currently serving as Senior Counsel at Hilgers Graben PLLC since February 2022. Prior to this role, Thomas held positions as Senior Associate and Associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP between 2016 and January 2022, and also worked as a Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Thomas gained valuable experience as a Legal Intern for Hon. Richard J. Sullivan and as a Summer Associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Earlier roles include Summer Clerk at the Institute for Justice, External Relations Associate at the Center for Competitive Politics, and Technician Assistant at the University of Notre Dame. Thomas holds a Doctor of Law (JD) from Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame.
Hilgers Graben PLLC
Hilgers Graben is a legal firm that specializes in complex commercial and intellectual property disputes around the country. The firm is built on two ideas. The first is that clients want to pay for legal services and not non-legal overhead. The second is that innovation could create a law firm that provides better value in the marketplace.Where other industries produce, over time, innovations that make their products and services better and cheaper, the price of complex legal services seems to rise at a 5-10% annual clip because of nothing more than inertia and industry practice.Since the firm founders have been in private practice, the constant refrain in the industry is how to drive value without constantly increasing already-exorbitant rates, either through lower rates or through alternative fee arrangements.